The online Certificate IV in Mental Health gives you the skills to provide professional support to people with mental illness.

Upon completion of this course, you will have the skills to apply for roles in both community and private settings as a community rehabilitation and support worker, mental health support worker or mental health outreach worker.

The online Diploma of Counselling (CHC51015) program provides you with the education and training to launch your career in counselling.

You will complete a range of practical subjects which will prepare you to work as a counsellor in areas such as family support, community health, sexual health, refugee support as well as telephone counselling.

About Counselling

Do your friends and family tell you that you’re a good listener? Do you enjoy helping them resolve their issues? If that describes you, then maybe you should consider a career in counselling.

Counsellors perform a critical role for individuals, and within the community, as they guide people through difficult times and emotions. By choosing to study a counselling course online, you can turn your sympathetic ear into a rewarding career.

There are a number of specialist avenues you can follow to gain the qualifications and skills needed to become a counsellor. If you study a course specific to counselling, you will cover topics such as case management and facilitating the counselling relationship, as well as personality and development theories. You will also learn how to apply counselling therapies to address a range of client issues.

If you are interested in a broader study approach, you can opt for a degree in applied social science, within which you can study counselling. As part of this course, you can also study areas like development psychology, applied social research, mental health issues and organisational behaviour.

There are also courses available for those who have interests in specific niche areas of the industry. For example, you can study a course in mediation that will provide you with the skills to mediate in family and community contexts, as well as in the workplace. You will learn skills such as gathering information, helping to mediate conflict and managing the communication process. If you are keen to work one-on-one with individuals to help improve their lives, you might consider choosing a life coaching course.

If you want to help people, then let us help you get there with one of our convenient online courses.
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